Seeing or smelling smoke? Well, it's from wildfires burning in Northern California and Oregon. A Spare the Air Alert is in effect and a Red Flag Warning has been issued for the North Bay Mountains.
A Spare the Air Alert has been issued for the San Francisco Bay Area through Thursday due to wildfires burning in Northern California and Oregon.is in effect for Thursday because of smoke coming into the region from wildfires further north in California and Oregon.
ABC7 Meteorologist Lisa Argen says it will likely take until Friday for the Bay Area to see improved air quality.&E has raised the likelihood it's going to shut off power, a preemptive move to reduce the risk of wildfires.It's part of a PSPS warning that went into effect Wednesday and goes into Thursday.How to protect yourselfExperts say if you need to, stay indoors and keep your windows closed if possible or seek out a cooling center.
"These will prevent and reduce the amount of these small fine particles that you're inhaling, and this will make it so that it's less likely you get these symptoms, acute symptoms, almost allergy-like, or just trouble breathing and in the long term," Dr. Karan said. "The less we are inhaling this during these big fires, the better it will be for us."